Chapter III

In Which Kim Wonders What People Think of Her, We Get Really
Suspicious of Green Things, and Customers Worry About Disappointing
Emma

[40:55] Kim gets freaked out by being handsold Tampa by
Alissa Nutting

[41:57] Katelyn’s impossible handsell: The New
World by Chris Adrian and Eli Horowitz. Cutting people’s
heads off and a story of sad marriages... what’s not to love?

[43:01] Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach Trilogy was released
individually as three paperback volumes - Annihilation, Authority,
and Acceptance - before being released as a gorgeous
single-volume hardcover edition, Area X.

[44:12] People buy Uprooted by
Naomi Novik from Emma, even though it’s in hardcover, to avoid
making her cry. Real footage of a passionate bookseller handselling
a book:

Epilogue

You can follow Kim on twitter @finaleofseem, but she
doesn’t really post much there, so you might as well just follow
Emma at @thebibliot and call it a
day. Also, read all of Emma’s posts at Book
Riot, because she’s a nerd and it’s wonderful.